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Mar 14, 2023
Wärtsilä to provide UK waste company with national grid-supporting biogas solution
Biogas News
Mar 14, 2023
Scandinavian Biogas has awarded AFRY an engineering assignment for its new biogas production plant in Mönsterås, Sweden, which is expected to be commissioned during Q4 2024.
AFRY has been involved in the project in the early development stages, and as the project enters its implementation phase, AFRY has been appointed as a detail engineering partner.
AFRY will deliver... [Read More]
Features
Mar 10, 2023
Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) is a global provider of solutions and services that drive the decarbonisation of energy. Timo Aspelin, director TMU Service Asia, and Ilkka Koskinen, director LTSA at SFW, tell Bioenergy Insight more about the company’s work.
The company’s solutions include converting energy from biomass and waste, long duration energy storage, the recycling... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2023
Clean Effentech International (CEF), a New Delhi-based renewable energy and organic fertiliser start up, has installed almost a dozen plants across India for the production of compressed biogas (CBG) and fertiliser, said founder and CEO Maninder Singh Nayyar.
The plants that are being set up are part of plans of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2023
Australian technology company Hazer said that its 100 t/yr commercial demonstration plant (CDP) in Munster, Western Australia will be ready to commence hydrogen production in the second half of 2023, reported Argus.
The plant utilises biogas feedstock and iron ore as a catalyst to produce 380 t/yr of graphitic carbon, said Hazer chief executive officer Glenn Corrie.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 13, 2023
Ignitis Group and its subsidiary Vilniaus Kogeneracinė Jėgainė (Vilnius CHP) concluded an agreement for a €220 million loan with Swedbank, it was announced on 9 March.
Ignitis said the funds will be used to complete the construction of the Vilnius CHP biomass unit (€85m), and to re-finance a long-term loan of Vilnius CHP that was provided by the European Investment... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2023
Decarbonisation, net zero and energy security are set to be crucial topics in 2023 with renewable gas taking centre stage in helping companies and governments meet their goals.
Following on from the European Parliament’s recent target of 45% renewable energy consumption by 2030 and the European Union’s wish to increase biomethane production to 35bcm in the same timeframe,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 10, 2023
This month, Drax, one of the world’s leading producers and users of sustainable biomass, loaded its 200th shipment of sustainable biomass at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.
The shipment marks a major milestone for Drax’s operations in the United States, according to the company, as it amounts to more than 10 million tonnes having been shipped and used to generate... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2023
Marathon Petroleum has announced the acquisition of a 49.9% interest in LF Bioenergy, an emerging producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US, from Cresta Fund Management for $50 million (€46.2m).
The agreement includes the potential for up to an additional $50 million (€46.2m) based on the achievement of predetermined earn-out targets.
LF Bioenergy has been... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 9, 2023
BioConstruct New Energy Limited, based at Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees, appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on 28 February and pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching its environmental permit by allowing odour to be released, and further charges of failing to comply with two enforcement notices.
The court heard its anaerobic digestion... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 9, 2023
Earlier in March, India's power ministry amended its Tariff Policy 2016 under the Electricity Act 2003 to impose a renewable purchase obligation of 40% for new coal or lignite-based thermal power plants from 1 April onwards, according to The Telegraph India.
Such plants must therefore either implement renewable energy capacity equivalent to at least two-fifths of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 9, 2023
Independent public body the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned the UK government that it should end subsidies for firms that burn trees for biomass, reported Sky News. The CCC did, however, support plans to add carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to extant biomass plants.
This would affect companies like Drax, the UK's largest bioenergy provider, which was... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 8, 2023
Acorn Bioenergy has submitted initial plans for anaerobic digestion plants at Longmorn near Elgin and Rathven close to Buckie in Scotland, reported the Press and Journal.
Moray councillors will be asked to give feedback on the proposals at a meeting next week, before formal planning applications are submitted.
The plants will convert waste feed stock into biogas. That... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 8, 2023
Biomass is widely considered a renewable alternative to fossil fuels, with many experts saying it could play a key role in combating climate change, according to Yale University. Biomass stores carbon and can be turned into bio-based products and energy that can be used to improve soil, treat wastewater, and produce renewable feedstock.
However, economic constraints and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 8, 2023
EnviTec Biogas will implement its innovative gas upgrading technology as a single-stage process for the first time, the company announced on 7 March.
The flagship project will see the Lower Saxony-based firm work with Ohra Energie to enhance the transition to sustainable transport.
The project encompasses a single-stage gas upgrading plant that is operated with just... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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